Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 1, 2024

8,632 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $230.72/cwt -9.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,006/hd at 869 lb · 633 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.92/cwt -7.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,781/hd at 774 lb · 493 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $223.77/cwt -10.87 vs last sale · ≈ $2,077/hd at 928 lb · 449 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,632	6,141	9,495
Feeder cattle	8,204	5,589	8,782
Slaughter cattle	321	422	600
Replacement cattle	107	130	113

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers above 750 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Under 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter Cows sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher and Bulls steady. In the Hay Market, demand remains slow to moderate for all hay and prices were again, mostly steady for all regions. Most of the hay that is moving is on previously contracted hay. No new crop pricing has been reported so far, as folks seem to be trying to figure out what Mother Nature is going to do and what their carry over will be. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor for March 26th, while much of the region experienced precipitation, including late-season snow, there were some targeted areas of expansion of abnormal dryness (D0) and moderate drought (D1), especially in southern Kansas. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, topsoil was rated 45% very short to short on March 24th.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	326	19	400.00–420.00	$409.36	$1,335	+37.05
358–399	374	49	364.00–410.00	$400.73	$1,499	+29.41
395 unweaned	395	4	395.00	$395.00	$1,560	—
400 thin fleshed	400	10	400.00	$400.00	$1,600	—
401 unweaned	401	5	347.50	$347.50	$1,393	—
410–449	429	106	357.50–390.00	$368.91	$1,583	+16.54
458 thin fleshed	458	13	366.00	$366.00	$1,676	—
450–498	462	98	315.00–384.00	$365.11	$1,687	+5.32
462–469 unweaned	466	15	355.00–360.00	$357.31	$1,665	—
470 fancy	470	10	362.00	$362.00	$1,701	+10.00
505–538	523	177	305.00–354.00	$342.18	$1,790	-1.12
519–545 unweaned	528	18	335.00–340.00	$337.47	$1,782	—
554–564 fancy	558	41	345.00	$345.00	$1,925	—
551–593	573	196	287.00–342.00	$325.49	$1,865	+7.53
577 thin fleshed	577	15	348.00	$348.00	$2,008	—
592 unweaned	592	7	312.00	$312.00	$1,847	—
613 fancy	613	25	312.00	$312.00	$1,913	—
617 thin fleshed	617	10	351.00	$351.00	$2,166	—
609–640	621	107	267.00–325.00	$293.28	$1,821	-10.63
654–699	678	185	263.00–303.00	$285.12	$1,933	-8.86
676–679 fancy	678	37	299.00–312.50	$303.37	$2,057	—
702–733 fancy	725	81	275.00–278.50	$277.58	$2,012	—
700–747	729	151	245.00–285.00	$262.13	$1,911	-8.87
748	748	5	236.00	$236.00	$1,765	-35.00
752–784	767	146	237.10–264.00	$250.73	$1,923	+0.89
761–771 fancy	769	93	270.00–270.50	$270.40	$2,079	-11.10
801 fancy	801	28	253.00	$253.00	$2,027	—
822–846	827	173	226.00–250.50	$244.44	$2,022	-5.40
854 fancy	854	60	243.50	$243.50	$2,079	-10.18
851–888	871	573	218.25–239.00	$229.38	$1,998	-6.23
901–949	928	449	215.00–235.00	$223.77	$2,077	-10.81
951–993	964	354	206.00–223.60	$219.15	$2,113	+0.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–379	372	13	382.50–390.00	$385.30	$1,433	—
443	443	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,528	+10.00
465–497	487	31	337.50–350.00	$346.15	$1,686	-1.35
500–549	531	100	292.50–338.00	$327.00	$1,736	-1.26
558–595	574	50	261.00–322.50	$313.07	$1,797	+5.07
577 unweaned	577	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,673	—
601–642	617	68	262.50–306.00	$289.56	$1,787	+4.52
661–686	671	58	268.00–275.00	$271.35	$1,821	+4.35
708–726	711	26	245.00–261.50	$258.26	$1,836	+12.00
776	776	13	225.00	$225.00	$1,746	+1.54
800–836	818	65	221.00–237.00	$230.66	$1,887	+14.66
853–894	888	77	212.00–218.00	$215.78	$1,916	-5.13
917–930	926	17	199.00–216.00	$211.05	$1,954	—
993	993	9	195.00	$195.00	$1,936	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1030	1012	116	201.50–211.50	$207.46	$2,099	—
1063–1072	1071	61	206.00–211.75	$211.00	$2,260	+4.75

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	15	402.00	$402.00	$1,387	—
399	399	17	385.00	$385.00	$1,536	—
481–494	491	23	313.00–322.00	$319.70	$1,570	—
532	532	7	330.00	$330.00	$1,756	—
579–581	580	13	297.50–301.00	$299.65	$1,738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	334	38	329.00–345.00	$339.31	$1,133	-18.79
358–389	379	82	335.00–355.00	$338.96	$1,285	-0.14
383 unweaned	383	5	332.50	$332.50	$1,273	—
400 fancy	400	15	365.00	$365.00	$1,460	+42.91
404–444	423	52	330.00–355.00	$336.17	$1,422	+24.83
432 unweaned	432	6	324.00	$324.00	$1,400	—
462 fancy	462	52	325.00	$325.00	$1,502	-2.00
464–471 unweaned	468	8	310.00–315.00	$312.52	$1,463	—
451–495	471	146	278.00–327.50	$309.85	$1,459	-6.88
503–547	524	186	267.50–316.00	$304.95	$1,598	+10.32
540 fancy	540	5	291.00	$291.00	$1,571	—
540 unweaned	540	11	288.00	$288.00	$1,555	—
554 fancy	554	20	325.00	$325.00	$1,800	—
550–590	572	107	264.00–298.00	$281.12	$1,608	+6.66
605 fancy	605	16	273.50	$273.50	$1,655	—
614 thin fleshed	614	8	276.00	$276.00	$1,695	+2.50
604–645	620	139	251.00–270.00	$262.44	$1,627	-12.15
626 unweaned	626	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,471	±0.00
650–674	659	154	239.00–264.00	$256.69	$1,692	+13.63
701–733	707	123	224.00–242.00	$237.70	$1,681	-3.79
742 unweaned	742	4	213.50	$213.50	$1,584	—
753	753	32	243.25	$243.25	$1,832	+5.81
758 fancy	758	47	243.00	$243.00	$1,842	—
750–799	778	414	214.00–239.00	$227.40	$1,769	-10.04
801–847	823	392	207.50–221.00	$214.54	$1,766	-7.83
850–898	877	369	203.50–220.25	$211.85	$1,858	+4.31
923–932	928	33	200.00–208.50	$203.37	$1,887	-4.73
960–990	976	19	198.00–202.00	$199.31	$1,945	+0.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374–399	382	12	325.00–330.00	$326.74	$1,248	+13.12
407–439	427	50	305.00–323.00	$314.38	$1,342	+4.38
450–499	478	43	270.00–305.00	$297.61	$1,423	+10.61
508–536	527	73	285.00–292.00	$288.50	$1,520	+7.50
570–592	579	32	256.00–270.00	$264.39	$1,531	+7.89
645–646	645	15	244.00–247.50	$245.87	$1,586	-8.55
681–690	684	13	233.00–244.00	$237.27	$1,623	+10.27
701–715	707	12	229.00	$229.00	$1,619	+6.59
803	803	11	209.00	$209.00	$1,678	—
941	941	15	196.50	$196.50	$1,849	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
928	928	46	196.50	$196.50	$1,824	—
981–983	982	23	180.00–184.50	$182.54	$1,793	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,310	—
525	525	15	290.00	$290.00	$1,522	—
559	559	6	292.50	$292.50	$1,635	—
722	722	8	224.00	$224.00	$1,617	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591	591	7	251.00	$251.00	$1,483	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1068–1141	1105	85-90%	16	106.00–109.00	$107.55	$1,188	+16.53
1025–1880	1245	85-90%	64	114.00–128.00	$119.09	$1,483	+10.33

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1076–1387	1298	80-85%	14	139.00–141.00	$139.47	$1,810	—
1036–1825	1311	80-85%	64	128.00–139.00	$134.81	$1,767	+8.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1525	1354	75-80%	4	149.00–150.00	$149.56	$2,025	—
1085–1705	1468	75-80%	44	139.50–147.00	$142.97	$2,099	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–2060	1629	20	140.00–156.00	$149.06	$2,428	—
1190–2420	1806	41	149.00–169.00	$159.05	$2,872	—
1520–2325	2080	16	165.00–183.00	$173.07	$3,600	+1.19

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
893–1220	1068	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	146.00–176.00	$161.54	$1,725

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,832

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1182	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,775.00–2,200.00	$1,989.96
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,725.00	$1,725.00
1457	1457	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1245	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	3,025.00–3,125.00	$3,030.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—
1200–1320	1272	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,025.00–3,100.00	$3,070.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,675.00	$2,675.00	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	-725.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.